Crumbs From the Corner: Adventures in Woolgathering

Sunday, April 12, 2009

This Sunday afternoon, much in need of a little musical refreshment, I played 'Blue' by Lucinda Williams- a collective favourite tune of both Spouse and myself.I quite reasonably expected a reaction from Spouse other than bewilderment and a vague sense of recognition, and other than the strange query: who is this? What song? as our beloved singer warbled what ought to have been comfortably familiar.Spouse has, at least as long as I have known him, demonstrated an uncanny, consistent ability to recognise a song from the first note or two, and the lack of such is a wholly terrifying prospect.

Music comes in clearly when other things are foggy. Yes, keep playing.As one who has also been care-giver to a recouperating spouse, rely on the kindness of others to keep your strength up in this hard time. you are not alone!

Hey what a surprise when I fired up the old blog today. Good to see a new post under your moniker. Concussive injuries are often accompanied by minor temporary memory problems. Mine are more on the order of progressive senility. I'm afraid they will only get worse as Spouse's get better. We are remembering you both daily. Pappy

Oh, am I correct in assuming this stems from his accident? It can take a very long time to heal from this kind of trauma. Still, as someone who works in the medical field, if this is a new symptom it wouldn't hurt to mention it to his physician.

Thanks for all the good comments, none of which I have responded to but which have helped Spouse and I enormously all the same, every last kind word and good thought. Thanks to everyone. I'll definitely be coming by to visit the blogs of folks I see are new here, as well as my old favourites :)

The Who, the How and the Why:

Crumbs From The Corner is a collection of sketches on simplicity and humanity.From my mother's kitchen table in Ireland to the historic mining towns of California and all the world in between, these are my adventures in woolgathering.